Should f1 run coupes?

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Your stabiliser argument is ridiculously crap as it completely changes the sport.

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And how does enclosing wheels and cockpits not completely change the sport of F1 then?

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Originally Posted by barryfullalove

Well for a good 30 years it was extremely dangerous and lacked sufficient safety, so lets go back to that. It would be nice to see a few more drivers die or be seriously injured, you know like in the good old days.

Tradition shouldn't stand in the way of safety. I'm not saying that I want to see closed wheel F1, just that 'it always has been' is a **** argument.

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Completely agree. Interlocking wheels only serve to cause accidents and open wheels only cause drag.

If F1 cars ran at Le Mans with the same size fuel tanks as the R18 and 908 then they would probably only do 4 laps of the 24 hour circuit per tank whereas the Peugeot's were above to do 11 or 12. Now of course they're diesels, but the energy contained in dismal isn't THAT much more than contained in petrol.

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Au contraire - F1 running coupes becomes sportscars, not F1.

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That's like saying that a sheep that's been shorn and a sheep that hasn't, are totally different creatures.

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

And how does enclosing wheels and cockpits not completely change the sport of F1 then?

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I think it's up to you to show how it DOES change the sport.

F1 is an open-wheel, open-cockpit series. To enclose the wheels & cockpit would completely change the sport.

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

F1 is an open-wheel, open-cockpit series. To enclose the wheels & cockpit would completely change the sport.

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How?

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Originally Posted by Daniel

How?

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Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, because it is no longer open wheel open cockpit racing.....

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Originally Posted by Daniel

That's like saying that a sheep that's been shorn and a sheep that hasn't, are totally different creatures.

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Cobblers! Take the engine cover off an F1 car, and it remains an F1 car. Enclose the wheels on any open wheel car, and it is no longer an open wheel car, and therefore not eligable to run in an open wheel racing series.

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Cobblers! Take the engine cover off an F1 car, and it remains an F1 car. Enclose the wheels on any open wheel car, and it is no longer an open wheel car, and therefore not eligable to run in an open wheel racing series.

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You still haven't proven to me that with fairings over the wheels, that an F1 car isn't still an F1 car.

I refer the honourable gentleman to the FIA Technical Regulations re: Formula 1 cars. If it's not in there it's not an F1 car.

Otherwise "proof" is an arbitary concept, you can't be the sole arbiter of what is proven or not proven.